Science news articles about 'human taste'

A digital tongue that can measure the human taste of sweetness has been created, a new study says. The technology may someday be used to detect diseases in people.

Chemists in Philadelphia are reporting a discovery that could expand the palate of human tastes — sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savory — to include a new taste sensation that they term "calcium."

... 10, 2008 issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics, University of Virginia Health System ... research. It's long been known that a person's ability to taste bitter substances plays a crucial role ...

... Center confirm that the T1R1-T1R3 taste receptor plays a role in human umami (amino acid) ... Nutrition, strengthen the claim that umami is a fundamental human taste quality -- similar to sweet, salty, ...

... approach to an effective "electronic tongue" that mimics human taste, scientists in Illinois are reporting development ... salty, bitter, and umami — the five main human tastes," he says. Umami means meaty ...

The primate relative's 55-million-year bender suggests that humans' taste for alcohol might predate the known advent of brewing some 9,000 years ago.

... diet selection, the researchers seek to provide a framework to increase understanding of individual differences in human taste function, food choice and nutritional health. "The taste world of every ...

... 17, 4 p.m., Eastern Time In a new approach to an effective "electronic tongue" that mimics human taste, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of a small, inexpensive, lab-on-a-chip sensor ...